Wagon-tongue



Unrrsn STATES PATENT Genion.-

TARGE G. MAND'I, OF STOUGHTON, WISCONSIN.

WAGGN- TONGUE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 390,871, dated October 9, 1888.

Application filed March I6, 1888. Serial No. 267.326.

To @ZZ whom t may con/cern:

Be it known that I, TARGE G. MANDT, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Stoughton, in the county of Dane and State of Wisconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in \Vagon-Tongues; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art t0 which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part ot' this specification, and in which- Figure I is a perspective view of my improved wagon-tongue. Fig. 2 is a cross section of the saine on the line :c as, Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the rear end of the tongue and its hounds, showing the same from the under side,or in an inverted position. Fig. 4 is a crossseetion on the line yy, Fig. 3; and Fig. 5 is a detail view of one corner ofthe honndplates, showing the same before they are bent to forni the corner.

Lilie letters of reference denote corresponding parts in all the gures.

My invention has relation to that class of tongues or poles of vehicles or wagons in which the wooden portion is re-enforced or strengthened by a metallic strip secured thereto; and it consists in the improved construction and combination of parts of a compound wagontongue, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A denotes the body of the tongue proper, which is made of wood, and by preference, though not necessarily, iiattened in shape. Upon the top of this body I place a plate, B, of steel or iron and provided with a central longitudinal bead, C. The sides of the plate B are shaped so as to conform to the tapering shape of the body A, the longitudinal central rib or bead on the top plate extending from the forward part of the tongue to the rear end of the same at the point where the hounds arey attached. This raised part or bead C is formed by running the plate through a suitable roll, whereby one side of said plate along its central part will be depressed, so as to ferm the bead, as clearly shown in the crosssection, Fig. 2, thus forming a hollow space between the bead and the top part of the tongue proper.

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To the rear end of the tongue, and forming part thereof, are attached the usualhounds, D D, which are made of angle-iron or steel, and securely fastened to opposite sides of the tongue-body A by bolts E E, inserted through the downwardly projecting ianges of the hounds, which, as will be seen by reference to Fig. 4, bear against opposite sides of the rear end of the tongue-body, the tlat parts of the angle-irons overlapping the tongue-body and also overlapping the rearward part of the reenforcing plate B, so as to impinge upon opposite sides of its central raised part or bead, C. The rear cross piece, F, is formed by bending the angle-iron of which the hounds are made so as to form two corners, G G, and in order to permit such bending of the angleirons I cut out a portion of the flat part or flange at the point where the corner is to be made, as shown at H, Fig. 5, which permits of the ready bending of the downwardly-projecting ange; and after forming the corner in this manner the corner is re-enforced by means of a triangular brace-plate, I, placed in each corner and securely riveted to the under side of the flat part or tlange of the hound-irons, as will be seen by reference to Fig. 3 ofthe drawings.

The re enforcing plate B, as well as the hound-irons, are preferably made of steel, and by the employment of the corner-plates, I I, the hounds may be made not only very light but of great strength and durability. By ernploying a thin vsteel plate having a central bead for the purpose ol" reenforclng thetongue or pole along its entire length the wood of which this is made may be made Very light, and yet this compound pole will possess a very great degree of strength and rigidity, so that it will resist both lateral and vertical strain without injury. 1

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States- 1. The compound wagon tongue or pole herein shown 'and described, consisting of a body made of wood re-enforced through its entire length by a flat plate of iron or steel and provided with a longitudinal bead or rib raised from the body of the metal, substantially as shown and set forth.

2. The compound wagon tongue or pole herein shown and described, consisting of a body made of Wood reenforeed through its entire length by a Hat plate of iron or steel and provided with a longitudinal bead or rib 5 raised from the body ofthe metal,so as to forni a hollow space between the said raised part or bead and the top of the underlying wooden tongue, substantially as shown and set forth.

3. The combination, with the tongue, ofthe ro hound-plates, made of angleiron or steel, having a portion of their horizontal flat parts out away at the corners, and having said corners or bends reenforeed by triangular braeoplates, substantially as and for the purpose 15 set forth.

4. The combination of the Wooden tongue or pole, the longitudinal re-enforeing plate having a Central bead extending frorn end to end, and the hound plates or irons constructed as described, the front part of said hound plates or 2o irons overlapping the rear part of the re enforcing tongue-plate and impinging upon opposite sides of its central bead, substantially as shown and set forth.

In testimony that I elairn the foregoing as my 25 own I have hereunto afxed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

TARGE G. MANDT.

Vitnesses:

THORVALD G. LUND, OsWALD F. Know. 

